In an interview with 102.5 WFLA, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has been under attack recently for questioning the science behind global warming, had a clear message about Monday announcement by the Obama administration of new EPA regulations. Those regulations that will reportedly force approximately 600 existing coal-fired power plants to reduce their carbon pollution 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
Rubio argued that the only point of these actions is to set a “silly” global example. The Florida Republican pointed out that China and India are the main problem and they have no plans to reduce carbon admissions or to stop building fossil fuel energy plants meaning the American people will pay “a terrible” price with higher utility bills just so President Barack Obama can “lead by example” on a “global stage”…
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